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[Catty2]

@Meowingkitty

We must live in the same part of the country with the temps you mentioned.  I grew up in the Midwest and our school year was right after Labor Day to the end of June.  Out here it is August thru May but some "year round" schools go back in July but have more time off during the school year.  p.s.  I keep telling myself that July is almost over, one of the hottest months.   

[Meowingkitty]

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@millieshops wrote:

@MeowingkittyWhat percentage of the schools are air-conditioned?  I worked in schools with no A/C in the classrooms and not much learning went on very hot and humid days.  Fortunately there aren't all that many of those days during a typical NY school year. 

As for the number of days -  probably close to the same number as elsewhere -  just spread out differently.  I've never seen any statistics showing how the different calendars affect performance later in life.  I suspect not a whole lot.

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I’m pretty sure all schools have a/c. It would be pretty miserable without it since right now our lows are close to 90 so it doesn’t really cool down. 

[Meowingkitty]

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@SurferWife wrote:

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@RoughDraft wrote:

I don't get the correlation between the poor kids suffering through temperatures over 100 and not being able to deal with a "real world schedule."

Just like almost everyone else, they'll adapt to the world's schedule in time.

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@RoughDraft, I think the OP is comparing having 35 days off a year to dealing with a real world work schedule; not comparing the temperature to a real world work schedule.  I'd love to get 35 days off a year (well, okay, come to think of it I actually do get close to that (28 days + any prior years' unused vacation rollover), but I mean 35 holidays in addition to vacation, LOL!).

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Exactly. They get summer off (of course our summer doesn’t really end until October) plus around 35 other days throughout the year. You explained it better than I did. 

[RoughDraft]

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@SurferWife wrote:

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@RoughDraft wrote:

I don't get the correlation between the poor kids suffering through temperatures over 100 and not being able to deal with a "real world schedule."

Just like almost everyone else, they'll adapt to the world's schedule in time.

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@RoughDraft, I think the OP is comparing having 35 days off a year to dealing with a real world work schedule; not comparing the temperature to a real world work schedule.  I'd love to get 35 days off a year (well, okay, come to think of it I actually do get close to that (28 days + any prior years' unused vacation rollover), but I mean 35 holidays in addition to vacation, LOL!).

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@SurferWife  See?  That's what I'm talking about.  When I worked I had the exact same vacation schedule you have.   lol

The point I'm trying to make is that the children have no say on the length of their school year, ergo why the onus on how children will or will not become responsible adults?  She's the one who brought up the temperatures and I feel sorry for the children.  I'm guessing there's no AC in the school.  Who knows? 

[mom2four0418]

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@Meowingkitty wrote:

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@millieshops wrote:

@MeowingkittyWhat percentage of the schools are air-conditioned?  I worked in schools with no A/C in the classrooms and not much learning went on very hot and humid days.  Fortunately there aren't all that many of those days during a typical NY school year. 

As for the number of days -  probably close to the same number as elsewhere -  just spread out differently.  I've never seen any statistics showing how the different calendars affect performance later in life.  I suspect not a whole lot.

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I’m pretty sure all schools have a/c. It would be pretty miserable without it since right now our lows are close to 90 so it doesn’t really cool down. 

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My children never had a/c in school.  Two of them are now teachers with no a/c.  It is not common in our area.

[151949]

I went to school the first 3 years in a farm community. We went back to school in mid August but had 2 weeks off in Oct. because some kids had to help at home with harvest.

[Karie2022]

My kids start 4 weeks from tomorrow, we are in PA

[Yahooey]

School from elementary to high school was roughly after Labor Day till the end of June. There is Christmas break and Spring break but I don't think they total 35 days. My elementary and Junior High did not have AC - I live in NYC but it was still very hot in June, Anything over 80 is considered hot to me. Bring on the snow

[FrostyBabe1]

Public schools in Michigan can't start until after Labor Day, per state law, but more and more districts are receiveing waivers to start earlier. In my hometown, a couple of elementary schools that were rated as failing and in danger of being closed, went to a year round schedule to try to prevent the "summer slide" where kids loose a lot of what they've learned over the long summer break. It's been very, very successful. They still get the same number of instructional days and break days as the more traditional schedule, but they're scattered through out the year. 

[Cumbercookie13]

Here in Maryland schools used to go back day after Labor Day and we'd always be out by June 15th or earlier, then it changed to schools going back last week of August. When we got a new governor two years ago, he changed it back to the old way. Not so much because he felt kids needed the traditional break, more so Ocean City could keep making money, and The Maryland State Fair, which runs the last week in August, would get more attendance. 

There are also some counties here that don't have air conditioning. All the schools in my county do, so we don't get out early if it's above 90 degrees. There was a big political fight to get air in the schools that didn't have it. Schools need adequate air and heat. I can tell you as a 12 month school employee there have been several times during the summer where temps reached 100 and we had no air or water for nearly a week because it had to be shut off for repair. I got sick with a terrible headache and it was all I could do not to put my head down and sleep.  We just turned on all the fans we could find and dealt with it. Now imagine kids in a classroom all day with no air or heat. If it's bad for adults, it's even worse for kids. I get irritated with people who say let the kids deal with it because they need to learn how it is in "the real world." To that I say, bull you know what. They're kids. They have plenty of time before becoming working adults who need to be responsible for their own lives. If you want them to learn and be productive, that means being able to function and pay attention and it's extremely difficult when it's very hot or cold inside the school. If they didn't get sent home, some parents would still be angry and then it's all over the news. They're d@mned if they do and d@mned if they don't.